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The Top 50 Wrestlers must submit their shirt sizes (please indicate youth or adult) to Ed Duncan by 30 August 2010. Failure to do so will mean you will forfeit the opportunity to get a correctly sized shirt. Please submit your size requirements via email to ad@ncwrestling.org. We will see you on September 11th at the annual meeting for award presentation.

http://www.ncwrestling.org/nctop50.html

Congratulations to our Final Top 50 Wrestlers for the 2009-2010 Season. I (Marty) offer my apologizes for the length of time it took to reconcile the standings. Like last year we had a very tight race. This year six wrestlers were tied for the final slot and the tie breaking criteria was applied to separate them.

The Top 50 Wrestlers should submit their shirt sizes (please indicate youth or adult) to Ed Duncan by 30 August 2010. Failure to do so will mean you will forfeit the opportunity to get a correctly sized shirt. Please submit your size requirements via email to ad@ncwrestling.org. We will see you on September 11th at the annual meeting for award presentation.

http://www.ncwrestling.org/nctop50.html

All current members of NCUSAW/NCAWA are invited to our annual members' meeting on September 11, 2010. The meeting will be held at Forsyth Country Day School, 5501 Shallowford Rd Winston-Salem NC 27023. Exact times and agenda will be published soon. The annual meeting is your chance to have your voice heard through the various councils as well as vote for new board members.

The Cadet Greco Roman National Championships wrap up today. Jesse Doyle is 6-0 and is in the 189lb Finals.
Complete results are available on the National Team Blog.

The 2nd edition of the NCUSA Beach Wrestling Championships were held June 19th in Carolina Beach, NC. Held directly in front of the Carolina Beach Boardwalk bandstand, the event attracted wrestlers of all ages from across North Carolina. Spectators and fans alike lined the competition area, and outstanding help from the ladies at Blackhorn Bar and Kitchen added to the excitement of the day.
The results were as follows:

Under 10 Lightweight Division
1st place- Chance Kilcrease- Hurricanes WC
2nd place- Drake Daughtry- Greenville WC
3rd place- Dakota Tehandon- Western Carolina WC

Under 10 Heavyweight Division
1st place- Jalen Brooks
2nd place- Cael Willis- Port City WC

11-14 Lightweight Division
1st place- Jakeitha Baker- Dynamic WC
2nd place- Dalton Beaver- Western Carolina WC
3rd place- Solomon Duncan- Western Carolina WC

11-14 Heavyweight Division
1st place- Philippe Frederick- Port City WC
2nd place- Bailey Hoke- Port City WC
3rd place- Angel Najar- Greenville WC

15-18 Lightweight Division
1st place- Demetrius Leonard- Port City WC
2nd place- Lee Dotson- North Brunswick WC
3rd place- Trevor Jones – Greenville WC

15-18 Heavyweight Division
1st place- Brandon Leitz- Greenville WC
2nd place- Xavier Najar- Geenville WC
3rd place- Kevin Hall- Western Carolina WC

19+ Lightweight Division
1st place- Donnie Depatto- US Marine Corp WC
2nd place- Derving Rios
3rd place- John Duplessis

19+ Heavyweight Division
1st place- Frank Edwards
2nd place- Brett Miller- UNC-Greensboro WC
3rd place- Scott Amundsun

Special thanks to the Town of Carolina Beach, the Boardwalk Group, and WWAY TV for helping make the event a success! To see WWAY's coverage of the event visit www.wwaytv3.com/coach-corner and check out the June 20th show. The intro segment and especially segment 3 of the show are dedicated to the event.

Most of all, thanks to all the wrestlers, coaches, officials, and FANS who came out for the event! We look forward to seeing you again next year ON THE BEACH!!

Honecker lauded for dedication to county wrestling

By Ronnie Woodward
The Daily Reflector
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Honecker, right, who oversees the J.H. Rose High School wrestling team and the Greenville Wrestling Club, was named USA Wrestling’s Southeast Junior Developmental Coach of the Year in May.

It’s been quite a year already for Scott Honecker.

In February, the J.H. Rose wrestling coach guided Branden Lietz to a state championship in the 4-A, 171-pound weight class, which was the first individual state title for a JHR wrestler in nearly 30 years.

Lietz, who finished his senior year undefeated, has since accepted a scholarship to Appalachian State and received an award as the best wrestler in eastern N.C.

About a month ago, Honecker received some hardware of his own.

Honecker has been named USA Wrestling’s Southeast Junior Developmental Coach of the Year. He was informed of the news on May 27 in a regional wrestling tournament in Atlanta.

“I was flattered,” Honecker said of his initial reaction to the award. “There’s a lot of qualified coaches in the Southeast who would have been deserving of the award, so it obviously feels rewarding.”

Honecker was nominated for the award by North Carolina Amateur Wrestling Association state chairman P.J. Smith.

Each of the nine states in the Southeast region can nominate a candidate. Five coaches were submitted for consideration, but Honecker took the crown.

“He does such a good job with kids of all ages,” NCAWA Director Ed Duncan said of Honecker. “His involvement and success with coaching at the club level and state level led to this award.”

Honecker won the award, in part, because of his success at J.H. Rose, but also because of the growth and success of the Greenville Wrestling Club, which he co-founded four years ago.

The Greenville Wrestling Club, which trains wrestlers as young as five years old, produced three college wrestlers this year. Honecker said watching wrestlers develop into college-caliber athletes is the best part of his job.

“Seeing a kid leave my club program or high school program well equipped to head off to college is so rewarding,” said Honecker, after wrapping up a wrestling camp for the Greenville Wrestling Club at Rose on Thursday afternoon.

Youth in eastern N.C. have historically thrived in baseball and softball, but Honecker said the recent success of area wrestlers has made people notice the sport.

“It’s been tough because the idea of a wrestling club that can serve this whole county is really a novel idea in Greenville,” said Honecker, who added that the club still has plenty of room to grow. “But it’s not a novel idea in the best wrestling areas in the country.”

Honecker devotes his time and focus to the Rampants wrestling program during the school year, but spends most of the summer traveling around the country with the Greenville Wrestling Club.

He said his wrestlers usually take the month of August off.

As for Honecker?

“I don’t take time off,” he said with a grin.

Contact Ronnie Woodward at rwoodward@reflector.com or (252) 329-9592.

The North Carolina Top 50 standings have been updated. The high school division from the East Coast Classic has yet to be added.

http://www.ncwrestling.org/nctop50.html

The 2nd annual NC Beach Wrestling State Championships are this weekend in Carolina Beach, NC!!! We expect this year's event to be even bigger and more exciting than last year. We are adding a 3rd ring to accommodate what we hope to be a larger number of participants. Anyone who was there last year will tell you it was one of the most enjoyable tournaments of the year!
The schedule of events is basically the same. Here is a reminder of how things will go:

Friday evening from 7:30-10:00pm will be pre-registration and a coaches social at the Blackhorn Bar and Kitchen located in the boardwalk area of Carolina Beach. Entry fee is $10 for USA members and $20 for everyone else.

Day of registration will be from 10-11:00am on the beach. All participants will need to be present at 11:00am for the bracketing/lineup of wrestlers and bouts.

Wrestling will begin at approximately 12noon and go until conclusion.

The first 100 wrestlers registered will receive a FREE event t-shirt!!

More information about rules for competition are available at http://www.ncwrestling.org/BeachChampionships.html

SEE YOU ON THE BEACH!!!

Team NC was WELL REPRESENTED Memorial Day weekend in Duluth, GA for the SE Regional Championships! North Carolina had the third highest number of participants overall, behind only Florida and host state Georgia. We also had a large contingent of officials who did a great job all weekend! Special congratulations to our four Greco-Roman Regional Champions! Below are the results for Greco-Roman competition. More detailed results and stats can be found at www.trackwrestling.com

Intermediate-55 - Drew Sisk's place is 5th.

Intermediate-55 - Dakota Tehandon's place is unknown.

Intermediate-65 - Spencer Leonhardt's place is 5th.

Intermediate-70 - Aaron Bancroft's place is unknown.

Intermediate-70 - Toney McGee's place is 5th.

Novice-75 - Cameron Lester's place is 6th.

Novice-80 - Jackson Sisk's place is unknown.

Novice-80 - Peyton Greene's place is unknown.

Novice-95 - Justin Franklin's place is 2nd.

Novice-112 - James Mckinney's place is unknown.

Novice-140 - Steven Kinard's place is 1st.

Schoolboy/girl-77 - Mitchell Langford's place is 5th.

Schoolboy/girl-84 - Jo Jo Sly's place is unknown.
Spencer Callahan's place is unknown.

Schoolboy/girl-91 - Carl Guess's place is 5th.
Marc Gonzalez's place is 6th.

Schoolboy/girl-98 - Solomon Duncan's place is unknown.
Dalton Beaver's place is 2nd.

Schoolboy/girl-112 - Spencer Westcott's place is unknown.

Schoolboy/girl-120 - Joshua Dula's place is 2nd.

Schoolboy/girl-128 - Damion Cantrell's place is 3rd.
Rahshaun Elliot's place is 5th.
Jaquan Carter's place is unknown.

Schoolboy/girl-136 - Marshall Shank's place is unknown.
James Ryan's place is 3rd.

Schoolboy/girl-152 - Jeffrey Burton's place is 4th.
Wesley Davis's place is 3rd.

Schoolboy/girl-175 - Keyadd Coley's place is 1st.

Cadet-105 - Cody Karns's place is 5th.

Cadet-112 - Colby Langford's place is unknown.

Cadet-119 - Jesse Oliver's place is unknown.

Cadet-125 - Andre Nie's place is 3rd.
Dyquan Lynch's place is unknown.
D`Andre Hunter-Cathey's place is unknown.

Cadet-135 - Alex Knight's place is 5th.
Nicholas Westcott's place is unknown.

Cadet-140 - Josh Stephens's place is 6th.
Elliot Whitehead's place is 5th.

Cadet-145 - Eddie McGrail's place is unknown.

Cadet-152 - Shand Strickland's place is unknown.
Will Greene's place is unknown.

Cadet-171 - Kacee Hutchinson's place is 3rd.

Cadet-189 - Jesse Doyle's place is 1st.

Cadet-285 - Jamahl Harris's place is unknown.

Junior-112 lbs - Tyler Matthews's place is unknown.

Junior-119 lbs - Tyler Powers's place is unknown.

Junior-125 lbs - Randy Dorfman's place is unknown.
Dale Boomer Boyd's place is unknown.

Junior-130 lbs - Ben Creed's place is unknown.
Ta`Quan Jones's place is unknown.
Brandon Harrison's place is unknown.

Junior-135 lbs - Patrick Devlin's place is unknown.
Joseph Tastet's place is unknown.

Junior-140 lbs - Nicholas Rodrigues's place is unknown.

Junior-145 lbs - Sam McCauley's place is 4th.

Junior-152 lbs - Nathanael Littauer's place is unknown.
Nicholas Sgroi's place is unknown.
Kyle Ramey's place is unknown.

Junior-160 lbs - Christian Funder's place is unknown.
James Diaz's place is unknown.

Junior-171 lbs - Stout Watson's place is unknown.

Junior-189 lbs - Cody Wesson's place is 4th.

Junior-215 lbs - Michael Atkins's place is 4th.

Junior-285 lbs - James Payne's place is 1st.

2010 USAW SE Regionals for Team NC

Team NC was WELL REPRESENTED Memorial Day weekend in Duluth, GA for the SE Regional Championships! North Carolina had the third highest number of participants overall, behind only Florida and host state Georgia. We also had a large contingent of officials who did a great job all weekend! Special congratulations to our six Regional Champions! Below are the results for Freestyle competition. More detailed results and stats can be found at www.trackwrestling.com

Bantam-50 - Michael Lowery's place is unknown.
Hunter Dover's place is 6th.

Bantam-55 - Logan Lambert's place is 3rd.

Bantam-65 - Zant Parker's place is 4th.

Girl`s Festival-136+ - Jessica McCoy's place is 1st.

Intermediate-55 - Drew Sisk's place is 3rd.
Dakota Tehandon's place is unknown.

Intermediate-65 - Spencer Leonhardt's place is unknown.
Chandler Williamson's place is unknown.

Intermediate-70 - Aaron Bancroft's place is unknown.
Toney McGee's place is 3rd.

Novice-75 - Cameron Lester's place is unknown.

Novice-80 - Jackson Sisk's place is unknown.
Peyton Greene's place is unknown.

Novice-85 - Drake Cable's place is 4th.
Anthony Toineeta's place is 5th.

Novice-95 - Justin Franklin's place is 2nd.

Novice-112 - James Mckinney's place is 3rd.

Novice-140 - Steven Kinard's place is 1st.

Schoolboy/girl-77 - Mitchell Langford's place is 1st.

Schoolboy/girl-84 - Spencer Callahan's place is unknown.
Jo Jo Sly's place is unknown.

Schoolboy/girl-91 - Carl Guess's place is unknown.
Marc Gonzalez's place is 5th.

Schoolboy/girl-98 - Solomon Duncan's place is 4th.
Jimmy Hutchins's place is 6th.
Dalton Beaver's place is 2nd.

Schoolboy/girl-112 - Spencer Westcott's place is unknown.

Schoolboy/girl-120 - Joshua Dula's place is 4th.

Schoolboy/girl-128 - Jaquan Carter's place is unknown.
Rahshaun Elliot's place is unknown.
Damion Cantrell's place is 4th.

Schoolboy/girl-136 - Marshall Shank's place is unknown.
James Ryan's place is 2nd.

Schoolboy/girl-144 - Jarrett Dula's place is 6th.

Schoolboy/girl-152 - Jeffrey Burton's place is unknown.
Wesley Davis's place is 3rd.
Jeremy Critcher's place is 6th.

Schoolboy/girl-175 - Keyadd Coley's place is 1st.

Cadet-98 - Juan Vera's place is 5th.

Cadet-105 - Cody Karns's place is 3rd.

Cadet-112 - Colby Langford's place is unknown.
Jake DeAngelo's place is unknown.

Cadet-119 - Jesse Oliver's place is unknown.

Cadet-125 - Dyquan Lynch's place is unknown.
Andre Nie's place is unknown.
D`Andres Hunter-Cathey's place is unknown.

Cadet-135 - Alex Knight's place is unknown.
Nicholas Westcott's place is unknown.

Cadet-140 - Josh Stephens's place is 3rd.
Elliot Whitehead's place is 5th.

Cadet-145 - Eddie McGrail's place is unknown.

Cadet-152 - Will Greene's place is unknown.
Shand Strickland's place is unknown.
Jonah Critcher's place is unknown.

Cadet-160 - Ryan Devlin's place is unknown.
Dylan Morrison's place is unknown.

Cadet-171 - Kacee Hutchinson's place is 5th.
Jessica McCoy's place is unknown.

Cadet-189 - Jesse Doyle's place is 1st.

Cadet-215 - Jv Hernandez's place is 6th.

Cadet-285 - Jamahl Harris's place is 4th.

Junior-112 lbs - Tyler Matthews's place is unknown.

Junior-119 lbs - Tyler Powers's place is unknown.

Junior-125 lbs - Evan Boggs's place is unknown.
Randy Dorfman's place is unknown.
Dale "Boomer" Boyd's place is 3rd.

Junior-130 lbs - Ben Creed's place is 4th.
Ta`Quan Jones's place is unknown.

Junior-135 lbs - Patrick Devlin's place is unknown.
Joey Moon's place is unknown.
Joseph Tastet's place is unknown.

Junior-140 lbs - Nicholas Rodrigues's place is unknown.
Tony DeAngelo's place is unknown.

Junior-145 lbs - Sam McCauley's place is unknown.
Rahkim Frankling's place is unknown.

Junior-152 lbs - Nicholas Sgroi's place is unknown.
Kyle Ramey's place is unknown.

Junior-160 lbs - James Diaz's place is unknown.
Christian Funder's place is unknown.
Cody Boswell's place is unknown.

Junior-171 lbs - James Maywell's place is unknown.
Stout Watson's place is unknown.

Junior-189 lbs - Cody Wesson's place is unknown.

Junior-215 lbs - Michael Atkins's place is 2nd.

Junior-285 lbs - James Payne's place is 1st.

WOW! That's a good word to describe Mat Madness 2010. What a weekend of wrestling! Some of the best wrestlers from across North Carolina were on display in Fayetteville!
Friday night kicked off with the Greco-Roman State Championships. 117 wrestlers squared off in some very exciting Greco action! There were plenty of lifts, throws, and tosses to keep fans excited all night long. In the large club division, Greenville Wrestling Club (GWC)edged the Rowan County Wrestling Club (ROCO) to earn top team honors. In the small club division, Western Carolina Wrestling Club (WCW) topped the Copperheads from Union Pines. Overall, over 25 clubs competed in the Greco championships.
Saturday's freestyle was the main event as far as competition went! 208 wrestlers from 41 clubs squared off in some intense battles. Top NC scholastic stars such as Dominic Parisi, Tony DeAngelo, and Kevin Radford were among those who competed. Several weights, such as Junior 189 featured multiple state champions in head to head competition. Arrichion flexed its muscle in the large club competition, easily outdistancing 2nd place Greenville Wrestling Club. Western Carolina Wrestling again topped the Copperheads by a narrow margin in the small club competition.
Sunday was a very special day of wrestling! North Carolina was proud to host its first annual Pinning Down Autism charity wrestling tournament. Officials from both folkstyle and freestyle volunteered their time, Mike Krause of Flowrestling fame drove all the way from Michigan, and wrestlers from across the state wrestled for a great cause on Sunday. Proceeds from the Pinning Down Autism event will go to support teachers across North Carolina working with autistic children. It was a great way to cap off the weekend!
A huge thanks to Team Rhino LLC and Fayetteville for being excellent "hosts" for this year's event! Also thanks to all the officials and table volunteers who made competition possible. And a very special thanks to all the club coaches who brought their wrestlers to this year's tournament! Finally, thanks to all the wrestlers who provided us with so much excitement! Its always fun to be surrounded by winners and champs, and you guys certainly are North Carolina's BEST! Best of luck to everyone who will be moving on to SE Regionals and National Competitions this summer!
Next up here in North Carolina will be the State Beach Wrestling Championships set for June 19 in Carolina Beach! If you missed this event last year, it was the biggest party of the year and you WON'T want to miss it again this year! SEE YOU ON THE BEACH!

The registration deadline for the Greco Roman and Freestyle State Championships is 6 May at 11pm EST! The deadline for the Pinning Down Autism Tournament is 7 May at 11pm EST!
You can register by following this link: http://www.trackwrestling.com/registration/BasicPreReg1.jsp?tournamentGroupId=1219009

The Olympic styles reconciliation forms have been updated on our TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS PAGE. These forms are available in MS Excel 2003, 2007, and Adobe Acrobat formats.